In order to fulfill their many tasks, cells need energy. In the cell's power plants, known as mitochondria, the energy ...

Open any introductory biology textbook, and you’ll see a familiar diagram: A blobby-looking cell filled with brightly colored structures – ...

Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) and Pulmobiotics S.L have created the first ‘living medicine’ to treat antibiotic-resistant ...

By decoding honeybees’ waggle dances, which tell other bees where to find food, researchers have found that bees in agricultural ...

They’ve famously survived the vacuum of space, and even returned to life after being frozen for decades in Antarctic moss. ...

Tardigrades, also known as water bears, are a diverse group of charismatic microscopic invertebrates that are best known for their ...

Does your dog understand you? All dogs are smart but some are uniquely talented in learning words. According to a ...

The smarter the bird, the more unique welfare needs it has in captivity, according to a U of G first-ever ...

Cannabis, also known as weed or marijuana, is used by hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Although restricted in most ...

HERSHEY, Pa. — To understand the biological underpinnings of skin and hair pigmentation and related diseases such as albinism or ...

URBANA, Ill. – Cementing waterhemp’s reputation as a hard-to-kill weed in corn and soybean production systems, University of Illinois researchers ...

Dr. Eric Taylor’s (PhD ‘89) research focuses on the evolution and conservation of freshwater fishes. The UBC zoologist is also ...

A team of biologists from Japan and the Philippines have identified three new species of goby fish, belonging to the ...

As far back as ancient Rome, spider silk has been used as a remedy to treat everything from skin lesions ...

Active genes do not form clusters and share resources during early development in the fruit fly, according to a new ...

London, UK – 5 October 2021 – Researchers at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre have discovered a brain mechanism that enables ...

In a new LIFE project funded by the European Commission, the condition and habitats of freshwater pearl mussel (FPM) populations ...

Tampa, FL (Oct. 5, 2021) – Fenchol, a natural compound abundant in some plants including basil, can help protect the ...

A remarkable number of life-threatening diseases manifest more severely in males than in females. One current example is COVID-19 caused ...

In a new paper, researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago report that a drug approved for treating patients with autoimmune disease ...